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SCHOOLS AlND THEIR WORKS. An Address Delivered In Easley Acad emy en the Evening of 26th April, 1 by Prof. C. W. Noore, 4 [CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEK] The third and strong pillar in the temple of science is Mathemat ice-higher mathematics, The laws of the science are as eternal, univerbal and unchangeable as the Deity himself; they were em ployed by Creative Intelligence i when the material world was made; the laws therelves were never created. The rind of man is so constituted that whatever is eter nal, it acknowledges as such: hence metaphysician have divided 1 truths into two classes, incidental 1 and essential. Incidental truths exist for a time, but may not ex ist always. The statement that Easley is a town, is an incidental truth; it was not so a hundred years ago; it may not be so a hun- 1 dred years hence; but the simple i statement that twice two make I four, is a mathematical fact and an esselitial truth; for you cannot1 conceive a time when twice two did not or will not make four. So 1 all the laws of mathematics are just as essential and unchangeable as this simple statement, though it may be more difficult to trace the ratiocination and reach the conclusion of the more intricate laws. The 43rd problem of Eu clid-'The square on the hypothe nense of a right-angled tri-angle is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides,' was just as true from all eternity as it was af ter being demonstrated by the great Geometrician. We speak of men who publish works on this science, as if they made rules and laws; but the laws are not made, they are only discovered, for they have alwayb existed. You cannot find a time when mathematical laws did exist any more than you can find a time when the great first cause did not exist; the one is co-eternal with the other. The rules of this science are the laws 1 employed by the Creator when < he made the material world. Ev- I erything tangible, from the smal lest atom that floats in the air, to 1 the most stupendous world that a wheels its flight around its allot- t ted centre has geometrical dimen- I, sion, such as length, breadtl) and t thickness. The minutest grain ofa earth that you tread beneath your i foot is a geometrical body -, place e it beneath the microscope and you 1 will find it coraposed of granules < which are cubes. pentahedrous do- < dlecahedrous, icosihedrous, or some I such figures. Plants p~ut forth their leaves in an order forming a < mathematical series, and are thus < classified and( distinguished by i h)otanists. Trees rise up on cylin- ~i dirical stems, bearing fruits, a'ngu- a lar, comical, or spheIrical, and thei leaves -which form their f'oliage t have their contours cut in geomet- ) rical lirres and enrves. The litple peb)1e that y'ou toss 3 from your harid falls to the earth < thbrough a geometrical curve called r the parabola; the missile hrled -, rom some mighty engine of war goes .crashing on its deadly mis nion until it reaches its destina ;ion through the same kind of nirve; anid the geyser that'spouts ts columns of smoking water up wrvds towards the sky, sendi town its spray in obedience to the same universal law of falling bod es. The earth on which we live, ike the other planets, is a spheri 3al body, moving in an elliptical )rbit, with its radius nector sweep ng over equal areas in equal spaces of tinme. The comets that rrom regions unknown, pay their lying visits to our little system of worlds, describe elongated ellipses, 'eturning at stated periods; or as 0hey approach the sun iW rapid light, impelled by forces unknoWn ;o us, describe parabolos or hyper )olas and shoot back into the bo som of space to return no more for ,ver. On creations now, when the great Eternal proclaimed his first lecree, "Let there be light," the Irst ray of light that shot athwart ;he gloom of the mighty void on ts mission of love and joy werit 'orth in obedience to a fixed law, rarying in intensity inversely as ;he square of its distance. All iature, animate and inanimate, ?roclaim the mathematical precis on with which the Great Builder sonstructed the universe. . Teach rour child the'laws of this science, tnd you teach him to look out up )n the face of nature and behold )n all things visible the finger prints of the Great Architect of Eleaven and earth. About these pillars, other sci mce may cluster, imparting to hem grace and beauty, but they -an never fill their places. Be not ')amboozled by the cry of practical )ducation, but maintain in your 5chool a high standard of learning. Encourage it. in the selection of recomplished scholars or teachers, rnd in the education of your sons rnd daughters. If possible give ;hem a knowledge of some or all )f these sciences; if you are not tble to educate them as you would, mncourage them in seeking a high grade, and they may obtain it for hemelves. There may not be mne-tenth part of what your child earn at school directly practical, et it is all indirectly practical. f you were to deny your child its ports and pleasures. so esseritial o the development of mind and nuscle, ,because it is not going o practice them in after life, you vould dwarf its body and enfeeble Vs Intellect--so he that would turn 11l the currents of education Into lhe channel of the useful, instead ~f expanding and1 elevating, would ~ontract and degrade the power of he mind, Lastly, a reason that we should neourage a high standard of edu ~ation, is that what you bestow ipon your child in this direction s a gift not only for time, but al o0 for eternity. Whatever acquis tions the mind attains in this life Lre carried with It into the un mnown beyond. What we learn re treasure up in memory, and if ou can obliterate the mnemrory, you an annihilate the soul. If I re nembher nothing of this existence t matters not whether I be ren... rected or somebodyOlse. If you ac knowledge the. divinity of the bi ble, you must believe' that the mind ina the future state will be cognizant of its acts in this.life, and consequently , will retain its knowledge. No one knows the des tiny of the disembodied mind, but so far as- revealed, the tendency, unless thwarted by sinister caus es is upward towards a higher de gree of perfection. Reasoning from the analogy of nature we find the progress of the mind to be ev er onward towards higher powers of perception and grander results in its achievements. Who would believe that from an object so triv ial as an egg, there could ever be developed the beauty of the bird of-paradise, the fleet wing of the swallow, or the heaven-bound flight of the eagle? If from causes so insignificant there are such de velopments of beauty fleetness and power, who can divine the ultima tum of the human soul that has already made such achievements in this world, when it quits the tenement of clay that holds it bound to earth and wings its way to worlds unknown? The child unborn is a sentient being, but its eye has never yet opened upon the splendors of light to behold the beauties of form and colors, its ear has never heard the sweet harmony of sound, nor its palate enjoyed the pleasures of taste; but the death of that fotal existence is birth into this life where all the perceptions of the fine senses may be enjoyed to greater or less perfection. The declaration of the great teacher "thou shalt be born again," is no unmeaning sentence, for the death of this existence is a birth into a still higher state of being. What these may be the powers, the per ceptions the acquisitions of the mind, we know not, but we do know that the attainments of this life exert an influence in shapirg its destination for eternity. What ever refines and elevates man pre pares him to enter the next life on a higher plain of existence. In educating the youth you are build ing both for time and eternity. Though the things of time and sense are not without their charm, who would not make a reasonable sacrifice of his means for whatev er tends to mental elevation, since the largest enjoyment of this worlds' goods compared with the endless cycles of eternity is but the flight of an arrow, the falling of a star, the twinkling of an eye. In building up your institution, thus providing for the intellectual wants of your community, you may show as much patriotism as you would by spilling your blood onyour country's battle-fields. At a day not far distant your school may raise that distressing cry so common in the land, "money, mon ey, money," and when it does, show your patriotism by responding lib erally to that call. If you love your selves, your children and your neighbor' s children, your coun itry men, come forward then and ex press that love in dollars and cents.. Do not have a begging school in your midst, if you do it will become an eye-sore to the neo ple. It matters not whether it be political, educational, or religious, an institution that is always beg ging, will become, if not a public nuisance, at least a private terror. Then when these calls do come, as they must occasionally, at once rally around your school and place it on a standing basis. You, ladies, have alroady done much, yet you are capable of do ing still more. H1ere-you may erect for yourselves and for your coun try a monument whose base rests upon the earth but whose summit will tower to heaven. Your ener gies are too useful, your influence too noble to he spent in erecting monuments over dead men and lost causes. If the dead are not worthy to live in history without stones erected by more worthy hands, let them sink into the ob livion they deserve. Give'if you can, but a crumb, to the living. God will provide for the dead. Here you can build for a people and for a living cause. Lay deep and strong your foundation, build high thereon; it will be to you a monumentum vere perennios. Your children and children's chil dren will be benefitted by your lib erality; a prosperous and happy community will bless you for your work when you are dead and bu ii Ad in the earth. Citizens of Easley, S. C. H AVE YOU HEARD of that Cheap Dry Goods House . OF. tadlear & Barr, GREENVILLE, S. C? I FNOT, THISNO tice is to let you know where you can save money. ]DO JSTOT Believe one word of the re port, but give them a call and see for yourselves. 20 yds. best Shirting for $1 20 yds. good Lawn for $tL. 16 yds. Dress Goods for $1. .AND All other Goods as Cheap in proportion. Stradley & Barr. May 23-6m 66a week at homne. $6.00 out fit free.Pay absolutely snre rk.Capital not required. Reader, If you wantbunesawhhpros of either sex, young or old, can make great pay all the time they work, with atbsoluite certainty, write for particulars to it. HIALArr a Co., Portlated, Me. may 23 1y